Shloka 12
Satya–Anṛta Viveka (Discrimination between Truth and Falsehood) | सत्य–अनृत विवेकः
अहिंसार्थाय भूतानां धर्मप्रवचनं कृतम् । यः स्यादहिंसासम्पृक्त: स धर्म इति निश्चय:,प्राणियोंकी हिंसा न हो, इसके लिये धर्मका उपदेश किया गया है; अत: जो अहिंसासे युक्त हो, वही धर्म है, ऐसा धर्मात्माओंका निश्चय है
ahiṁsārthāya bhūtānāṁ dharma-pravacanaṁ kṛtam | yaḥ syād ahiṁsā-sampṛktaḥ sa dharma iti niścayaḥ ||
قال بهيشما: «إن تعليم الدارما قد وُضع لكي لا تُؤذى الكائنات الحية. لذلك فكل ما اقترن بالأهِمسا (اللاعنف)—فهو وحده الدارما؛ تلك هي القناعة الراسخة عند الصالحين.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is fundamentally oriented toward preventing harm to living beings; whatever is inseparably connected with ahiṁsā (non-injury) is to be recognized as true dharma.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is teaching Yudhiṣṭhira about the nature of dharma after the war, emphasizing ahiṁsā as the guiding criterion for righteous conduct.